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you will see what it means to one veteran who got a chance to learn how his sacrifice helped others. to you and yours, happy veterans day from sea to shining sea. lots of new information and questions about the fort hood massacre. we are learning more about what major nidal malik hasan was doing in the months before the shooting and who knew about it. we start with the latest from the u.s. army which reports 15 of the people wounded in the rampage are out of the hospital. three of them are still in intensive care one victim also the woman credited with stopping the killing. she is the civilian department of defense police officer who shot hasan we are told after she took three bullets in her arm and leg. today oprah spoke with her from the hospital where she is recovering. she talked publicly for the first time about what it feels like to have been shot.
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>> like people describe on the movies or reaction on the movies. when i got shot it felt like a muscle being torn out of my leg. shepard: despite that she said her retatraining kicked in and fired. in the months before that we know major hasan had e-mailed a radical muslim imam. now there are reports he had connections to others being tracked by the f.b.i. what is left is who knew about the contacts and what happened to the information. what are you hearing about the f.b.i.'s handling of dr. major hasan's e-mails? >> multiple investigators familiar with the review of the hasan e-mails say there was not enough in the messages alone to launch a full investigation. one government investigator said
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had we launched an investigation of hasan we would have been crucified because the mail suggested he was looking for spiritual and religious guidance adding we couldn't launch because of first amendment privileges. a former head of counterterrorism at f.b.i. said the guidelines for agents are not that black and white. >> one of the things about guidelines and it has been there way when i was in the f.b.i. and since time emmemorial and probably will be, guidelines are just guidelines much they are not laws, not statutes. they are subject to interpretation. >> this same government investigator told fox that hasan's e-mails were vetted and shared within the appropriate chains but would not explain who at defense and at what level. now, for balance a senior defense department official told fox no one in the u.s. army or other defend department officials knew of the e-mails with an extremist before the
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attacks but didn't resume out the possibility a lower level employee was aware and department follow up adequate will. shepard: this investigator told you more about the substance of the e-mails, right? >> this government investigator who is familiar with the e-mails characterized them to me this way. he, hasan, appeared to be at a moral impasse facing a moral dilemma who was reaching out for advice in this case from the radical imam. the investigator wouldn't say whether the imam responded but suggested to me that he did not because the me ma'am gets thousands of e-mails. shepard: katherine, thank you. happy veterans day it all of those who serve or have served or have family and loved ones who serve. a day on which we honor americans who have given so much to protect all that we have.
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this morning president obama visited arlington national cemetery where he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. he also walked among the tpwraeufs of those killed defending the united states in iraq and afghanistan. we know those killed in the line of duty and today a 21-fgun salute. shepard: a day many americans are off work and school tkherpb are out -- children are out of school the president tried to put meaning of the day in perspective. >> we call this a holiday but for many veterans it is another day of memories that drive them to live their lives each day as best they can. for our troops it is another day in harm's way.
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for their families it is another day to feel the absence of a loved one and concern for their safety. for our wounded warriors it is another day of slow and arduous recovery. in this national cemetery, it is another day when grief remains fresh. shepard: as members of our armed forces march in parades, recover in hospitals and fight bravely on the battlefields we americans extend our thanks. what are you doing to celebrate veterans day? that is our question of the day on the shep page. go to foxnews.com/shep. right now we are running a poll question asking what are you doing and a little veterans day message. if a while we will put up a video we shot on fifth avenue in new york city a 750,000 people estimated to come out to watch
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this year's veterans day parade, the 90th year as they closed off all of fifth avenue and made it a salute to our heroes overseas, back home and those who have passed. when that is on the website i will let you know. we are getting an urgent bulletin from the white house. the president is holding a closed door meeting with military advisors. we are told it is to discuss the administration strategy for going forward in afghanistan. there have been a number of reports that suggest that the pentagon could deploy some 30,000 additional troops. the white house says the president is expected to make a digs in the coming weeks. we will bring you -- decision in the coming weeks. fox news is counting down to healthcare reform. work on that insurance reform bill passed in the house of representatives has officially
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begun in the senate. lawmakers began what is called the first reading of the bill last night. carl cameron is live in washington. are democrats say they can meet the president's deadline and produce a bill for him to sign this year? >> not exactly. what they are saying is there is a possibility they could complete legislation in the senate this year, but that is different than sending something to the president to sign. reid and dick durban have been saying based on what they see ahead of them their best hope is to have a vote at the end of next week which would essentially begin the debate. they are officially looking at the house version, of course the senate wants its own legislation and that hasn't been revealed by mr. reid. until that time it is a holding pattern maybe they could start in a week and a half. shepard: 39 democrats voted
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against the house bill last weekend. where does that stand? >> remember how we heard they were under pressure from democratic leadership to vote for the bill and they were concerned that it is the public option that government run insurance program the overall cost and mostly fiscally conservative democrats they were going to oppose it and it would be a price to pay. it looks like some of the liberal groups want to exact that. moveon.org. there are attack ads, protests, primaries being threatened, some with fund-raising being threaten and this pointing at them. >> a courageous group of representatives stood tall and voted to help lower cost anden sure affordable health car. our representative was small and voted no. call and tell him how little you think of his vote. >> tough stuffed a that will run in congressional districts of
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the 39 and a tpafew they think e waiver. we are several weeks away from a final passage. shepard: carl, thank you. new developments it the case of a murdered television news anchor. attorneys making closing arguments today in the trial of the phaman accused of killing h. how close are we to the verdict and the testimony from a doctor that could lead to a death penalty sentence. all the details when we are back in 60 seconds. pass
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shepard: injujury deliberations you would the way. anne pressley found beaten in her home on october 20 last year. hero died from extensive head injuries favor days later. police say they were able to match d.n.a. at that scene with evidence from another crime scene to this suspect.
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but the defense says he was duped into giving up his d.n.a. apnd insists the taped confessin was coerced. rick, are there any clues as to how long it will take for the jury to deliver a verdict? >> no but they have a lot to consider and we have breaking news. the jury has come out of the deliberations room and they are asking questions. they have asked for a copy of a transcript of that confession that you mentioned. the jury was shown a video of the confession monday. in it the defendant admits to beating her with a piece of wood and killed her because he lost control. the judge has told the jury there is no transcript of the tape but he has said they can watch the video again if they want. >> the final witness for the prosecution was the state's deputy medical examiner. he shed light on a lot of things.
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>> yes and this was tough testimonior the jury and anyone to hear the most graphic of the entire trial. the doctor saying that her face shattered like an egg during the attack. he testified that her jaw was hit so hard it slammed in the back of her head. horrible stuff. the defendant gave police a d.n.a. sample that authorities say link him to the attack. defense lawyers say vance has an i.q. so low it made it easy for the police to manipulate him in supplying the d.n.a. and giving that videotaped confession. the defense wanted to present witnesses to testify about his intelligence and the judge said no 6789 shepard: this is a capital murder caseers right? >> it is. because they say vance killed her while committing a burglary at her home. that was the aggravating element to this. that is what elevates it to a calendar crime and makes him skwreupbl f-- eligible for deat.
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the jury is asking questions but we may get a decision today. shepard: rick, thank you. there is word now of a new somali period hijacking at sea. this the latest in a growing series of attacks and number of hostages now numbers in the hundreds. but this ship was carrying other vital cargo including chemicals. new information from a journalist inside somalia when we are back. pass
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shepard: another major pirate attack off the coast of malsoma. they seized a cargo ship from kuwait to south africa. hijackers boarded the ship roughly 400 miles off the sh seychelles island. it was loaded with chemicals and the 22 crew members are in captivity. at the same time we are told pirates have roughly 12 hijacked ships in their possession now along with some 200 hostages. among those hostages a british couple whom pirates kidnapped last month while they were sailing in the indian ocean. with us now from mogadishu a
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freelance journalist. we cannot show you his picture for his safety but he has been reporting there the last few months. >> it is a pleasure always. shepard: what do we know about this particular hijacking? is there word out and about of it in >> when the hijackers get a ship the information will come up the next morning because they take the ship to the somali coast and then we know more information about the ship and crew. but it is a huge ship and it is a huge cargo. so, they will probably make a lot of millions. shepard: no one has ever been hurt in these pirate attacks, right? >> that's correct. shepard: basically what they are want something ransom money and seems like they get it every team creating a booming business for pirates, isn't it? >> yes, it is unbelievable. it is a million dollar business
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each year and particularly they have like early christmas. that is the the word on the streets of mogadishu. they are making so much money they control areas of somalia. they almost have their own state. shepard: you they say control areas. what size area are we talking about? how many people are involved in this is >> the pirates, up to hundreds, thousands in some small cities. but you have to understand somalia is a very rural area, tribalistic and nomad dicinomad. but to alleviate piracy you have to alleviate the base. so i don't know what the european naval forces are doing because they have to go inland and there is no interest in that from the europeans or americans. so i'm afraid this will conti e continue. shepard: is it still the case
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that they keep sort of a home based ship floating around at sea from which they launch these operations and many of the people involved aren't really attached to each other at all by any official links. they just need money and get out in a boat and off they go? >> yes, it is a very, very complicated process. first you need a mother ship which is a big ship and that is the big pirates, the well educated people with navigation education. but the mall pirates have like small boats that leave from the mother ship and they are running around in the indian ocean to find something. if they find something they will contact the mother ship which will come to give them more support and men and they will take the ship to the coast and when they take it to the coast that is when the negotiating starts. it is a very complex situation. shepard: ahmed reporting for us out of mogadishu. always good to talk to you. >> thank you.
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shepard: their unbreakable code stymied the japanese in world war ii. today they are participating in the nation's largest veterans day parade for the very first time. they are known as code talkers. and you will hear their remarkable stories next. and we are asking you what you are doing on this veterans day to celebrate and honor. before the hour is out we will have a new original content video of the veterans day parade in new york city and we had a blast out there. once it is posted i will let you know. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years.
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shepard: their code was never broken, their bravery never questioned. today with all of our veterans we honor this small band of warriors. 13 of the navajo code talkers an elite marine group that fought against the japanese in world war ii. only about 50 of 400 are believed to be still with us. they are sworn to secrecy the code so complex other navajo marines couldn't decipher it but it was simple. the terms tended to resemble things with which they were associated. the word for tortoise meant tank. a dive bomb er was a chicken
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hawk. sometimes it was more like iron fish which means submarines and other times it was like our mother which meant america. mother has been slow to recognize these fierce warriors. tehuantep it wasn't until 2000 the congressional gold medal was bestowed on them. today we salute you and thank you for a job well done. fox news is on the job hunt. according to the labor department there is one job opening for every 6.1 persons looking for work. but on this veterans day we're looking at the market for toes who served in our military. the labor department reports in october the unemployment rate for those who served since 2001 was 11.6%.
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now a number of companies in the u.s. are trying to help veterans specifically find work once they return from the battlefield. we have team fox coverage on this today. jamie colby live in new york first. >> shep, it crosses 50 states and 750 employers, an effort to make transition from war to civilian live a little more secure including 250 connecticut auto dealers who last week signed on with the army reserve to provide interviews to those who qualify. here is one of the dealers. >> they put their lives on the line and the very least we can do it help them get back into society when they have gone and defended our country and us. >> here at vault information they have provided jobs this year alone for 1,300 veterans.
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shepard: jamie, thanks. there is interesting news on both the job front and housing market. j.p. morgan chase has announced it plans to hire 1,200 mortgage loan officers in 23 states and plan to do so by the end of the year. that is a 60% increase in the home loan sales force. julie has more. >> big news out of j.p. morgan khaeuls. not only are they hiring these people, but they are increasing lending to small businesses by up to $4 billion. to support that they will add more than 300 staff positions all in an effort to help revive the economy. to top it off, j.p. morgan chase will lift the salary freeze they put in place last year. that freeze was applicable for employees making more than $60,000 a year. all good signs that buyers are starting to take advantage of the rock bottom real estate
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prices and those low mortgage rates. while the housing market has remained weak home sales are starting to see a slight pickup in many parts of the country. so, you are probably wondering does this mean more money will be available for people for future mortgages? j.p. morgan says as the third largest lender in the country it will continue to lend to qualified buyers. if you are interested in applying for a job go to their website. good to see somebody is hiring. shepard: it is. as we learn new details about the shooting at fort hood and the suspect there, nidal malik hasan, we are also hearing increasing reports of confusion between the government agencies responsibility for monitoring activity that could be perceived as threatening. judith miller joins us with context and perspective next. and we continue to mark this veterans day on "studio b."
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>> they started this unit of special weapons, demolition and flame thrower. i got selected. you couldn't get close to the pillboxes. their job was to keep the japanese in the pillboxes and give me an opportunity to get close enough to been it out. two marines lost their lives protecting mine so. this medal that i wear belongs to them. so many arthritis pain relievers --
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shepard: it is the bottom of the hour. here are the stories we are following. the south korean military is on high alert. it happened the day after some of its ships apparently exchanged gunfire with north korean ships along the western sea border. the question is whether this was an attempt by pyongyang to gain some advantage in upcoming nuclear talks. the h1n1 vaccine production well under way but what would happen were the virus to suddenly mutate? which is a possibility. we will show you what one team of scientists is doing to day ahead of that. plus, today we honor our veterans and bring you the story of a group of soldiers hundreding from the battlefield one last time.
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more on the top story in the investigation into last week's shooting rampage at fort hood. by now you recognize dr. major nidal malik hasan the psychiatrist accused of opening fire at the army post. he is said to have killed 13 and wounded dozens more. since that day we have learned a lot more about major hasan. the f.b.i. reports he had e-mailed a radical must little imam just before the attack. but sources inside the bureau tell us that the content of the messages was nothing that would have prompted an investigation. will are differing reports about whether the information about the doctor went or where it went and who knew about it. with us judith miller. who knew what when in it is hard to figure out who knew what
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about dr. major nidal hasan. >> yes and everyone at this point has an interest in maintaining that they did not see or hear of anything that would have led them to demand a full-fledged investigation of major hasan. that is the way this game is going to be played for a while. shepard: there are a lot of facts out there. would the facts lead one to the logical conclusion that that is a possibility? >> it is a possibility that people looking at the files said nothing unusual here. but the facts just on their face raise questions. for example, we have heard that one of the things that he was doing was reaching out for spiritual guidance in the e-mails. well, he was reaching out for spiritual guidance to an imam that had been in jail as of last year in yemen who had been known to counsel two of the 9/11 hijackers? this should have flagged some
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interest. but others said no, he was actually asking about work in connection with a research project he was doing for walter reed. what kind of research project would have involved an outreach to that kind of person? so, right now we have to ask questions and understoand a lot of information will be leaked that will attempt to shift the blame from agency to agency to agency. shepard: we do know that he spoke with more than one person in front of large groups of people about his belief that muslims should be able to leave the army and as conscientious object terse or c.o. -- objectivers because he believed they should be able to rise up against the aggressors in iraq and afghanistan. >> yes, there was the famous power point presentation he supposedly gave in which he asked is the war on terror actually a war against muslims. shepard: he wouldn't be the first to ask that.
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>> he would not be the first. but being a physician in uniform would raise a lot of questions and it did because there were several complaints apparently filed. now, what happened to the complaints? how were they handled? what was the role of the defense criminal investigative service representative on the f.b.i. task force that was looking into major hasan? these are all issues that the national is going to look at -- that the senate is going to look at. the f.b.i. is doing an internal investigation into its handling of the affair. there will be no end to investigations ahead. shepard: on the very first day this happened i spoke with his cousin and his cousin said he had a military lawyer, he was trying to make good with a dispute that he was having at the time and since we have heard nothing. we will not hear a lot except what they want leaked. >> exactly and that is another frustration that we as journalists have. we have to understand that
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everything we hear now is serving one bureacratic interest or another. the truth may lie at the end of a long road of accumulated fact. shepard: judith miller, good to see you. they made huge sacrifices and to give other nations snations tho experience freedom. soldiers injured on the battlefields get a second chance to say goodbye. operation proper exit. the sixties were all about freedom.
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>> the decision to serve is theirs but when they are injured they often have no chance but to leave right then in some cases unconscious and in excruciating pain. now for the first time injured soldiers are returning to what are still active battle fields in iraq and afghanistan to witness the impact their contributions have made and this time to leave on their own terms. >> basically kayaking gives me a chance to just do a complete memory dump. i don't have to think about anything like muscle memory takes over and it is just like a nice little peaceful serene place hey get to go to every day and it is just one of those things that are sweet unadulterated bliss. >> if you had dinner with rob
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and you met him in the restaurant and he stood up and shook your hand you would have no idea that he was a soldier, that he is missing his leg below his knee. he is just a normal guy that is talking about getting ready for the 2012 olympics. and all of a sudden you realize, well, gee, rob, you really were blown up in iraq and lost your leg and you are kind of going, wow, you are doing great. the question is is he really doing great? >> it was about 12:00 that day and we came under heavy fire from mall arms. r.p.g. as, hand grenades, everything was thrown at us. i took a couple of rounds to the right side rendering my right leg pretty much useless. >> i can't tell you what happens when they get injured but they change. >> when you are ripped from a
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place that is part of your daily life you tend to have a lot of regret. like that open chapter in the book of your life that didn't get finished, yet you have already started another one. >> the most unique part of this is the fact that we get to do it. the whole experience of going back and taking soldiers back while it is still an active field has never been done before. >> it has been a great experiment. we met with about 5,000 troops there. the message they delivered without really meaning to to the troops is if you get hurt the country takes care of you. >> it helped me solidify the fact that i know what i want to do, i want to stay in the army, i want to compete on the international level. i want to bring home the gold. and now it is just one of those things that if it is not on my mind i know i'm sick that day.
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>> they change, right in front of your eyes. it is amazing. i'm not in the business of psychology or psychiatry, not a health care provider. i'm just a guy with common sense. >> great people. they define or will define who we are as a country 50 years from now. this world is a crazy place, but what you can put stock in are these young men and women that volunteer to protect us. shepard: you can see this and many more stories of hope and inspiration on the web. the website is real american stories.com. there you will find a link to the piece you just watched. we called it operation proper exit. there is a link at the top of the page for you to share your stories at realamericanstories.com. just as the united states tries to bring north korea back to the negotiating table that reclusive country starts making noises
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again. next, how a deadly naval fight could change the efforts to stop their nuclear weapons program.
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shepard: high alert on the korean peninsula and could have direct effects here. it is a complicated situation but we will try to break it down starting with skirmish at sea yesterday when the tphoernorth and south korean ships met up
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west of the two countries. each side accused the other of crossing the board. south korea reports its phaef killed one north korean sailor and nearly destroyed the north's ship. the south says it is ready to respond to any provocation from the north. a few hours later we learned the obama administration has decided to send steven bosworth to north korea as a special envoy. his job there, convince the leaders to return to six-party negotiations on north korea's nuclear program. in other words, talk the north koreans into talking. north korea has been in and out of the negotiations for years and it has been a two-steps forward and one step become situation. the mortgage agrees to do one -- the north agrees to within thing then turns around and does another. we will bring in an international security expert from the massachusetts institute of technology. he has been directly involved in
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previous talks with north korea. it seems like the same old thing. why should we think this will be any different? >> well, because in part of the way you described it. two steps forward and one back. i'm a results guy. at the end of the day what is the bottom line? when north korea is involved in negotiations, it is better braved and we have less problems than not in negotiations. when if outside of negotiations it starts to throwing stones and nuclear tests, but when they engage in negotiations they are often productive. they froze their reactor for a decade. during that time they were not producing new nuclear material for nuclear weapons. i think it is for the good and thank is where wore going. this is all atmospherics for what i think is probably a done deal which i expect the north koreans will return to the talks and there will be direct u.s. and north korean negotiations. shepard: we are dealing with the
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as matter of fact wrath of the -- the aftermath of the district. >> it could have been an accident but i doubt it. you want to fight the tendency to assume a master plan but i think it is deliberate. then you think of it as another thing north korea does on the eve of negotiations. it will do something to try to create a crisis thinking that gives it leverage at the bargaining table and i think if that is what they are trying to do, our best response is not to overreact but stay steady and pursue our goals. our goals are a nuclear-free peninsula and stability in northeast asia and we should focus on that and not be distracted by fireworks. shepard: is it your sense that south korea will be equally measured in its actions? >> i think so. north korea and south korea relations haven't back-to-back great the last -- haven't been great the last year but that is not the only year that was the case. we had incidents in 1999 and
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2002 there were naval incidents in which there were exchanges of gunfire, then a year after those you start to having agreements and progress toward a stable outcome. so, that sort of what north korea does. it creates a crisis on the eve of going into negotiations. if that is the case here then ironically this may be a good story. it may mean we are moving toward bringing order to this disorderly area. shepard: hope you are right. good to see you. >> thank you. shepard: we are just getting new video in and i just learned about this. new video from inside dr. major nidal hasan's apartment, the man accused of being the shooter at fort hood, texas, a new view just come in. we will have it right after this. . ún
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shepard: new video from inside the fort hood shooter's apartment. tim gaughan has the details. >> we have been asking from day one to try to get into his apartment, and this is a 1- bedroom in killeen.
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others also in there, like "time" magazine. we saw things that we would expect. there was a tightly guarded closet that was sealed. there was tape that said "do not enter." there was a shoebox with prescription drugs. apparently, they were filled out by himself to himself, and they were filled at walter reed or at the lackland air force base. i do not know enough about them to delve into them, so what we are doing is researching what these drugs are used for, if there is anything we can take away from this, but there is a lot more coming up. shep? shepard: tim, thank you. fox news is tracking h1n1, and as the number of people who wanted it vaccinating -- who
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want to get vaccinated is going up, they are looking at what to do to protect us if the virus should mutate. claudia cowan is in our newsroom. >> the scientists are light viral detectives, studying the dna of those who got sick and even died of swine flu -- the scientists are like viral detectives. >> if it is changing, what does that have to do with what we are doing? >> so far, the news is good. >> we have been testing a lot of viruses, and the virulence has not changed. >> but influenza has a tendency to mutate, and big genetic leaps can be catastrophic. millions were killed in the past. the doctor and his team are
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tasked with trying to make sure that never happens again. >> we are trying to better manage them. >> the specimens are kept below zero to maintain their viral integrity, and they are isolating their genetic code. the dna of the new samples are compared to the dna sequences of thousands of known viruses, displayed as light on the computer screen. >> it will tell you which viruses are most likely to be present in your sample. >> this research could be critical, should a new strain appeared. they hope it will be enough to head off another deadly flu epidemic. shepard: claudia cowan, thank you. a lot of veterans and active duty troops do not get the respect they deserve even once in awhile, criminals on our
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shepard: and then there is this before we wrap things up here in studio b. maybe there is some honor among thieves. four guys forced a man into an alley, told him to lie down, and pointed a gun to his said. they say they grabbed his wallet, his cash, his keys, even
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a power bar wrapper out of his car. and then, one of the suspect saw his army idea in his wallet, and he told the others to give his stuff back -- one of the suspect saw his army i.d., even gave him a fist bump. in the end, he got back everything except the keys. at the veterans day. the final bell is about to ring -- happy veterans day. it has been another good day. this is three or four in a row. a few seconds to go in the business day. [bell] we will all be back for "the fox report." "your world with neil cavuto" starts now. neil:

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